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Men and women are less likely to die when treated by female doctors, study suggests (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] flumph@programming.dev 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Both female and male patients had a lower patient mortality when treated by female physicians; however, the benefit of receiving care from female physicians was larger for female patients than for male patients.

Of note, the study was conducted on 800k senior citizens.

The findings may not be generalizable to younger populations.